Index of Names in Irish Annals: Dúnlaith

Feminine Given Names: Dúnlaith

Spellings:

What we know as a set of Irish Annals are manuscripts that were each compiled during a
particular time period, usually using older material as sources. For example, when
the Annals of the Four Masters were written from 1632 to 1636, they covered events
that occurred centuries and millenia before (including legendary history). So, when
an entry in this set of annals refers to a person who lived in the year 738, the
spelling used for that person's name is very likely not using the spelling that
would have been used in 738.

Standard forms of this name (based on spelling systems of different periods) would be:

Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) form:

Dúnlaith

Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) form:

Dúnlaith

Frequency & Dates:

Number of women found in the annals with this name:

3

Found in Years:

774, 794, 799, 935, 940, 942

Research Notes:

Sources:

Further information about the name Dúnlaith, may be found in:

The Sources page lists the Annals referenced below.
Information about secondary sources is included on that page as well.

Raw Data

In the table below, I have separated individuals with a blank line. That is, when there are multiple
entries in the annals that refer to a single person, those entries are grouped together.

Within the list of entries refering to a single person, I have sorted the entries
primarily by orthography when it is obvious that what I am seeing is the same entry
showing up in multiple annals. The entries that tend to use older spellings are listed first.

NOTE: The Annals referenced below under the code letters A, B, C, E, & F tend to use
later spellings than the other Annals. In some cases, the spellings listed in these Annals
may not be appropriate for the year referenced in the Annal entry.

In some Gaelic scripts, there is a character that looks approximately like a lowercase f,
but without the crossbar. This character (represented by an underscored , e, in
the entries below) sometimes represents e and sometimes ea depending upon the
context of the text.

Annals

Entry

Context

Citation (formatting preserved)

(d. 774)

U

U774.3

Dunlaith ingen Foghertaigh

(d. 794-799)

U

U799.11

Dunflaithfilia Flaithbertaigh m. Loingsich

A

M794.12

Dúnfhlaith, inghen Flaithbhertaigh, mic Loingsigh

(d. 935-942)

B

M940.7

Dunlaith, inghen Mhaoil Mhithich

CS

CS942

Dunflait ingen Maoilmithidh

Cl

year 935 (p. 152)

Donlaith daughter of Moylemihie and sister of king Congalagh [Note: 17th C translation.]